If you're looking for a book that takes you back to the time and talent of Agatha Christie or Alfred Hitchcock you've found it in Death and the Conjuror. Tom Mead has managed to write a murder mystery just shy of perfection. I found myself sitting on the edge of my seat for the last hundred pages, trying to figure out who the murderer was before it was revealed.
I will say that I was fooled more than once trying to figure out the killer. Mead writes a twisty tale that has so many jaw dropping moments I lost count. The reveal of the murderer was a work of art. I had to take a deep breath when it was all over and just process the story,
Our cast of characters is nothing short of magical, the back and forth, the way they interact with each other, the relationships that are happening through the story that we don't see until the very end, it's just fantastic.
I can't say enough good things about this book, there is magic within these pages (no pun intended) and I loved every page of it. I will say it annoys me slightly when I don't figure out the killer before the reveal but when it's a book of this quality and imagination I'm ok with having it laid out for me like The Prestige I can only imagine it was meant to be.
Is it too early to say I really hope we end up seeing this one on the big screen soon? It would make a wonderful movie.
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